George Burton (cricketer)
George Burton (1 May 1851 – 7 May 1930) was an English cricketer. He was born at Hampstead, London and dies at Covent Garden.
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He began in North London club cricket, before appearing with the Middlesex Colts in 1875. He made his first-class cricket debut for Middlesex County Cricket Club in 1881 and played in 111 matches until 1893. From 1883 until 1904 he was a member of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) groundstaff and appeared in several matches between 1883 and 1892. He took 608 wickets at an average of 17.18, with a personal best of 10/59. He was awarded two benefit matches at Lord's in 1892 and 1905. He acted as the official scorer for Middlesex for a number of years and also stood as a first-class umpire between 1898 and 1899.[1]
By occupation he was a master coachsmith. His son Frederick Alfred (1885–1978) also played cricket for Hertfordshire and MCC, and married a daughter of Herbert Hearne.
References
- Profile by Don Ambrose, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
External links
Media related to George Burton (cricketer) at Wikimedia Commons
- George Burton at ESPNcricinfo